Seasonal Interpretive Internship

Successful applicants will develop their professional skills with a mixture of both field and office work, including participating in mountain patrols up to Katahdin’s tablelands every week, performing morning talks at Katahdin trailheads between 6 and 8 a.m., and researching, designing, and presenting  their own interpretive program. All of these requirements can be challenging, but they are also incredibly rewarding experiences: Katahdin is an 8-12 hour hike up steep terrain and large granite boulders, but the views of the surrounding landscape are unmatched; interpretive programs require long hours of dedicated research, writing, revising, and practice, but they offer the unique opportunity to foster the public’s interest in conservation and natural resources, and are highly fulfilling when a participant sees the natural world in a new way.

Principle Responsibilities:

● Performing informal interpretation/education for visitors on Katahdin’s alpine tablelands, along trails, at campgrounds, at the Visitor Center, and in other designated high use areas in the Park

● Delivering interpretive programs in the Park

● Developing new and/or maintaining or updating existing interpretive handouts, signage, and displays based on educational needs around the Park

● Assisting with invasive species identification, monitoring, and eradication

● Participating in ongoing natural resource monitoring efforts, such as alpine plant phenology tracking and an annual loon count

For more information and application instructions, view the official announcement on our website: https://baxterstatepark.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/BSP-Interpretive-Intern-Announcement-2024.pdf